In this post I’ll demonstrate how to
create a Cluster Aware AIX (CAA) cluster on AIX 7.1. I’ll create a simple
two-node CAA cluster. I’ll then check the cluster status and, finally, remove
the cluster. Before I start, I make sure that both
nodes have...

Did you
know that you can connect to and query the new solidDB database used by Cluster
Aware AIX (CAA)? You can
connect to the solidDB instance and issue SQL queries against the database. In
the following example, I issued two queries: one to list the...

PowerHA Problem Determination Here are few notes that I've made of some of the more useful day to day commands that help look at problems in your PowerHA (HACMP) clusters. If you're running older version of HACMP such as 5.4 and below, then some of the...

Useful PowerHA (HACMP) Notes - Here are a few little notes that I have picked up over the years that relate to some of the functions of PowerHA and HACMP. They have proved useful to me in some situations and hopefully will to you too. HA ODMs The HA ODMs...

Changing Module failure rate - Within PowerHA you can increase the rate in while HA detects the failure of the various hearbeat network, there are 3 predefined values of slow, normal and fast. # smitty cm_config_networks - then select...

Do
you want to relocate the Xmeta repository, perform administration and
configuration activities for Xmeta or the WebSphere Application
Server, or configure WebSphere 7.0 to use Secure Sockets Layer to be used with the
Information Server version 8.5 Let's...

The High Availability cluster has been implemented to continue your activity without any interruption in case of failure of one of the Dynamic Workload Console node. Availability is the system ability to respond to any requests no matter what the circumstances...

With Informix 11.70.FC5, you can design, deploy and use Informix Warehouse Acceleraor (IWA) from any of the Informix high availability server types -- Primary, HDR Secondary, SDS, RSS. It's simple to configure and use. The slide show below quickly gets you up...

In Websphere MQ version 7.1 it is now possible to use the setmqaut (set mq authorities) to set the security for remote cluster queues or remote queue managers. This allows you to secure access to objects on a remote queue manager. Prior to version 7.1 access...

WebSphere Adapters facilitates users to develop integration applications which can be deployed on a JCA compliant Application server like WebSphere Application Server (WAS), WebSphere Process Server (WPS) etc. One of the main features provided by the...

[Tutorials] How to set up a horizontal cluster for a Maximo sandbox using WebSphere Application Server 7 Introduction As described in WebSphere Application Server Information Center: “ Clusters are groups of servers that are managed together and...

Here's a summary of the IBM® Informix® 11.70.xC6 new features: · Administration · · Enhancements to the OpenAdmin Tool (OAT) for Informix · · Support for the same XID for transactions on different databases · · Coordinating transactions...

JASocket is a lock-free, scalable and robust server framework with no single point of failure. Servers are run on a cluster of nodes and interact with other servers using mobile agents, which reduces the number of messages and thus reduces the overall system...